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Definition of celestial

Celestial
Celestial Ce*les"tial, a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
Celestial
Celestial Ce*les"tial, n. A Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.]
Celestial
Celestial Ce*les"tial, a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.] 1. Belonging to the a["e]rial regions, or visible heavens. ``The twelve celestial signs.' --Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. ``Celestial spirits.' ``Celestial light,' --Milton. Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan. Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. --S. W. Williams.
Celestial
Celestial Ce*les"tial, n. 1. An inhabitant of heaven. --Pope. 2. A native of China.

Meaning of celestial from wikipedia

- celestial may refer to: celestial bodies heavenly angel s. science : sky objects, bodies and the following astronomy terms: description of
- the celestials are a group of fiction al characters that appear in comic book s published by marvel comics . the characters first
- astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects (such as moon s, planet s, star s, nebula e, and galaxies
- celestial mechanics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the motion s of celestial object s. the field applies principles of
- in astronomy and navigation , the celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of arbitrarily large radius , concentric with earth.
- celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is a position fixing technique that has evolved over several thousand years to help
- the celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by plato , eudoxus , aristotle
- in the dungeons & dragons fantasy role-playing game , celestials are a class of creatures and monsters known as outsiders who are of
- astronomical objects or celestial objects are naturally occurring physical entities , associations or structures that current science has
- the sky, also known as the celestial dome, commonly refers to everything that lies a certain distance above the surface of earth ,